The world has passed 1.3 million coronavirus deaths, with new records in the United States and Europe

The world surpassed the barrier of 1.3 million deaths from the coronavirus this Saturday, which once again recorded a record number of daily cases in the United States and Europe, as many countries consider new restrictions to stop its progress.

With 9,531 deaths and 64,762 infections on the last day, a total of 1,300,576 people have died and 53,164,803 have been infected since the start of the pandemic across the planet, according to the World Health Organization report. (WHO).

The United States, the most affected country in terms of Covid-19 patients and deaths globally, set another daily world record for new cases, with more than 184,000 registered in the past 24 hours, which represents an increase of approximately 31,000 from the day before.

In addition, it accounted for 1,413 new deaths in the last day, so the virus has already caused more than 244,000 deaths and 10.8 million positives in the country.

Several cities have decided to impose new restrictions to curb the third rebound of the epidemic, despite President Donald Trump’s refusal to toughen measures at the national level.

The new coronavirus has also left new highs in European countries, where the intensity and rapid spread of the second wave of Covid-19 has led many to take drastic measures.

This is the case with Poland, which recorded a record 548 deaths the day before, bringing the total number of deaths to more than 10,000 since the start of the pandemic, the health ministry reported today.

On the last day, 25,571 infections were also reported, bringing the number to 691,118 positive in the country, where restaurants and entertainment venues are closed due to the high risk of contagion nationwide.

In Russia, the fifth most affected country by the epidemic, health authorities have reported 22,702 cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the highest on record, and 391 deaths from the disease, the disease reported today. Russian news agency Sputnik.

Meanwhile, the unbridled advance of the second wave of Covid-19 across the European continent – once again the global epicenter of the virus – has led almost all countries to reimpose restrictions, fearing a resurgence with the early arrival of the boreal winter. .

In Austria, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz today announced a new lockdown with a curfew that will last around three weeks to reduce pressure on hospitals across the country and as a preventive measure before the holiday season.

“The only tool we know of that works is a second lockdown,” Kurz added, quoted by the Europa Press news agency.

The country has registered 9,500 new cases in the past few hours, reaching a total of 198,000 infections, while the death toll has reached 1,746, including 53 on the last day.

In Greece, which has already confined its population and declared a nighttime curfew this week, Education Minister Niki Kerameus today announced the closure of schools and kindergartens for two weeks in an attempt to ” stop the contagion of the coronavirus.

With 3,038 new cases and 38 deaths on the previous day, the country faces a second wave of severe infections after surpassing the first with almost no positive reports.

In neighboring Italy, one of the European nations most affected in the first wave of March and May, the government is not ruling out the possibility of having a “generalized shutdown”, although before that it It will take two or three weeks to assess the outcome of the latest measurements, an official source reported today.

“We have activated a series of measures proportional to the circulation of the virus in specific regions of Italy; if they are respected, we will be able to avoid it; if we do not succeed, all the regions would turn red and in fact one widespread closure would occur, ”the doctor said. Walter Ricciardi, advisor to the Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza.

Italy, the tenth country with the most cases of coronavirus since the start of the pandemic worldwide, had 1,144,552 (37,255 in the last 24 hours), the health ministry reported this afternoon.

Moreover, it is the sixth with the most deaths from the disease, with 44,683 (544 on the last day).

New restrictions were announced today, as were in Iran, the country hardest hit by Covid-19 in the Middle East.

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani said today that from November 21, tougher measures against the coronavirus will be imposed nationally and indefinitely “to save lives”, after the country wipes its infection toll since the start of the pandemic.

Although the government is releasing details of the new restrictions these days, The Guardian newspaper reported that the toughest will rule in the capital Tehran, the epicenter of infections in the country, and in 100 other cities that will be tagged. as “red areas”.

The Department of Health reported 11,203 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours today, a figure close to the record set Wednesday of 11,780 positives.

The cumulative balance of cases since the start of the pandemic has risen to 749,525, while total deaths have reached 41,034 after the 452 deaths reported in the last part.

Also in Mexico, the second country with the most deaths from Covid-19 in Latin America, the capital government today ordered a package of measures to deal with a re-epidemic, which this week caused the highest number of deaths in the past six months, and has not ruled out a return to strict quarantine, local press reported today.